Paul Revere
BIRTH
Dec 21, 1734
Boston, Massachusetts
DEATH
May 10, 1818
Boston, Massachusetts
FAMILY
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Revere, Paul
(1734-1818)
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, military officer and industrialist who played a major role during the opening months of the American Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, engaging in a midnight ride in 1775 to alert nearby minutemen of the approach of British troops prior to the battles of Lexington and Concord.
HOMES:
MUSEUM
Paul Revere House
19 N Square, Boston, MA 02113
GRAVE:
MARKER
Grave of Paul Revere
Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA
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WIFE
Sarah Orne
(1736-1773)
WIFE
Rachel Walker
(1745-1813)
Maria Revere Balestier
(1785-?)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Independence National Historical Park | 520 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | MUSEUM | ||
Old State House | 206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109 | MUSEUM | ||
Boston Tea Party Museum | 306 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210 | MUSEUM | ||
Minute Man National Historical Park | 210 N Great Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773 | MUSEUM | ||
Old South Meeting House | 310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108 | MUSEUM | ||
Old North Church | 193 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113 | MUSEUM | ||
Paul Revere House | 19 N Square, Boston, MA 02113 | MUSEUM | ||
Lexington Battle Green | 1625 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02421 | MARKER | ||
Boston Common | 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111 | PARK | ||
Buckman Tavern | 1 Bedford St, Lexington, MA 02420 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonel James Barrett House | 448 Barretts Mill Rd, Concord, MA 01742 | MUSEUM | ||
Hancock Clarke House | 36 Hancock St, Lexington, MA 02420 | MUSEUM | ||
Faneuil Hall | 1 Faneuil Hall Market Pl, Boston, MA 02109 | MUSEUM | ||
Fort William & Mary-Fort Constitution | 25 Wentworth Rd, New Castle, NH 03854 | MARKER | ||
End of Paul Revere's Ride Marker | 180 N Great Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773 | MARKER | ||
Griffin's Wharf - Boston Tea Party Marker | Seaport Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110, USA | MARKER | ||
Paul Revere's Landing Marker | First Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02129, USA | MARKER | ||
Grave of Paul Revere | Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA | MARKER | ||
Granary Burying Ground | Tremont Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02133, USA | MARKER | ||
Deacon Larkin House Marker | 4 Winthrop St #403, Charlestown, MA 02129 | MARKER | ||
Josiah Nelson House Marker | Marrett Street, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 01731, USA | MARKER | ||
Captain Isaac Hall Hitching Post | 43 High St, Medford, MA 02155 | MARKER | ||
Salem Town House Marker | Essex St &, Washington St, Salem, MA 01970 | MARKER | ||
Green Dragon Tavern Marker | 41 Union St, Boston, MA 02108 | MARKER |
DIED:
Boston, Massachusetts
May 10, 1818
Revere's father died in 1754, when Paul was legally too young to officially be the master of the family silver shop. In February 1756, during the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War), he enlisted in the provincial army. Possibly he made this decision because of the weak economy, since army service promised consistent pay. Commissioned a second lieutenant in a provincial artillery regiment, he spent the summer at Fort William Henry at the southern end of Lake George in New York as part of an abortive plan for the capture of Fort St. Frédéric. He did not stay long in the army, but returned to Boston and assumed control of the silver shop in his own name.
Born in the North End, Boston, Revere eventually became a prosperous and prominent Bostonian, deriving his income from silversmithing and engraving. During the American Revolution, he was a strong supporter of the Patriot cause and joined the Sons of Liberty. His midnight ride transformed him into an American folk hero, being dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride". He also helped to organize an intelligence and alarmsystem to keep watch on the movements of British forces.